…As Declares for Aboh Mbaise Council chairmanship In what looks like a dramatic turn of events, the chairmanship aspiration of Hon. Dr. Vitalis Onuoha has gotten a boost following the reported collapse of structures of major political parties in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area. The development is said to have sent shockwaves across the political landscape in the area, as key members of the Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, among others, have allegedly pitched tent with Onuoha’s camp. Speaking with newsmen at his Okeuvuru, Aboh Mbaise country home shortly…
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Chuck Sets Steering Committee For Imo NG-CARES, urges It To Implement Report
Ahead of the monitoring visit of the National Coordinator NG-CARES Mr. Abdulkarim Obaje and his team to Imo State, the Hon. Commissioner for Finance and Coordinating Economy Mr Chuck Chuckemeka has charged members of the State Steering Committee to be ready and prepared with the status of implementation of Programme Action Plan report of the state. The Commissioner who gave the charge in a meeting with members of the committee drawn from Imo State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), FADAMA and Cash Transfer Unit advised them to articulate their…
Read MoreBaptist Conference: Men’s Missionary Union Holds 2024 Annual Congress In Imo
…Tells Christians, shine as examples in homes, society Men’s Missionary Union (MMU) of First Baptist Church has held its Imo Baptist Conference 2024 Annual Congress with the theme: “Wonders without Numbers” The ceremony which took place at First Baptist Church, Imerienwe in Ngor-Okpala LGA of Imo State offered the Union an opportunity to honour some people who have contributed towards the growth of the church. Speaking during the event , the Conference President, Rev Uzoma Uzoeshi urged men to use their position to promote peace and unity in Nigeria. Rev…
Read MoreObi donates N10m to Imo nursing sch, supports conversion to university
The former Anambra governor, therefore, pledged his total support for the conversion of the school to a university as proposed by its management. The LP Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Mr Peter Obi, sandwiched by two priests, while presenting a cheque for N10 million donation to the Holy Rosary College of Nursing, Emekuku, Owerri, on Saturday [NAN] Obi said this on Saturday, when he paid a solidarity visit to Holy Rosary College of Nursing, Emekuku, near Owerri. He said that with an average life expectancy put at 55…
Read MoreRivers electoral body announces date for LGA Polls
The highly anticipated Local Government elections in Rivers State have been fixed by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). Africa Update can authoritatively report that October 5, 2024, has been fixed for electorates to cast their votes for those who would head the various local government Councils in the oil-rich state. At a stakeholders meeting on Monday, July 1, at the Commission’s complex, RSIEC chairman Adolphus Enebeli, emphasised that it is time to respond to the calls from stakeholders for the conduct of elections following the end of tenure…
Read MoreFundamental Human Rights: Court Dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Against FG
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the fundamental human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government. Kanu sued the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Service for N1 billion in damages for alleged rights violations. The IPOB leader, in the suit marked FHC/CS/1633/2023, claimed that the DSS and its Director General violated his right to a fair hearing by allegedly preventing his lawyers from having unhindered interactions with…
Read More2027: Give Nnamdi Kanu contract, release him to get more votes -Fayose to Tinubu
The younger brother of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and give him contracts like ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did with Niger Delta militant leader, Tompolo. Fayose said Kanu’s release would help Tinubu get more votes from the Southeast in 2027. In a video on his Instagram handle, Fayose said releasing Kanu would reduce the level of insecurity in the Southeast. According to him: “Releasing Nnamdi Kanu will reduce crime in the…
Read MoreBad Road:Owerri Building Material Traders lament Erosion, Low Patronage
…Cry out for Govt’s Intervention The entire Owerri Building Material Market Traders, Naze, Imo state have cried over the spate of gully erosion, bad road network and insecurity in the market beckoning on Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma to come to their rescue. It was gathered that the ugly situation has become the undoing of the market since nearly twenty (20) years of it’s existence. According to reports aside the fact that the 30 feet deep erosion had yanked off some shops in the market with one of the…
Read MoreOhaji-Egbema/Oguta/OruWest Reps: Stop This Lawmaking By Blackmail, Intimidation, Obodo Tasks Dibiagwu
“Show your score card in 2yrs,that’s all we ask” A legal Practitioner and Activist Barr. Goodhead Obodo has advised the Member representing Ohaji-Egbema and Oru West Federal Constituency, Engr. Eugene Dibiagwu to try as much as he could to shun what he described as ” lawmaking by blackmail”, adding that, he should focus on what he’s at the National Assembly to do. Obodo also advised the lawmaker not to allow his media aides to destroy him by attacking people who are not at the National Assembly at the moment with…
Read MoreShocker! Media Report Panics Imo Speaker To Suspend 4 Lawmakers Over Alleged impeachment Plot .
“No motion, but announcement used to sack them” The Imo State House of Assembly has,on Tuesday, Yesterday, July 2,suspended four of its Lawmakers over an alleged plot to remove the Speaker, Rt. Hon.Chike Olemgbe. The suspended four Lawmakers are; Hons.Chidiebere Ogbunikpa, Okigwe Constituency, Samuel Otuibe, Ahiazu Mbaise Constituency, Henry Agbasonu, Ezinihitte Mbaise Constituency and Dominic Ezerioha of Oru West Constituency. The suspension of the Lawmakers did not come as a motion, rather it came through an announcement at the floor of the House by the Speaker,Rt Hon OLemgbe who revealed…
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